Tom Selby: What the election result means for UK savings policy

Intergenerational fairness to top of agenda

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He didn't get a huge amount of sleep last night but Tom Selby is still going to have a stab at drawing some early conclusions on what the general election result could mean for UK savings policy

Jeremy Corbyn's only gone and won it! Except, of course, that he hasn't - he's lost. But by a hell of a lot less than everyone expected. Which is a kind of victory in itself - isn't it? You might be able to tell I haven't had a huge amount of sleep. Nevertheless, with the dust barely settling on Labour's stunning performance - or should that be Theresa May's abject failure? - in the snap election, I am going to have a stab at drawing some very early conclusions on what this could mean for UK savings policy. Intergenerational fairness to the top of the agenda Having spent this mornin...

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